Congratulations George & Kristy Fillies' Handicap

Off time: 13:10 | Winning time: 2m 29.86s

(1)

Maroon Bells¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Hollie Doyle| T: D Menuisier| OR: 67| CD

4/5

Broke her maiden over this C&D last time out where she scored by 2½L after staying on strongly inside the closing stages of the contest. She has gone up 8lb in the weights, however, she remains a leading contender.

Form: 0-32751

(5)

Junoesque^p¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Darragh Keenan⁽³⁾| T: J Gallagher| OR: 67| C

9/4

Has been successful four times this year. Her latest win came at Brighton (1m2f) two runs ago. She went close to following it up on her most recent appearance as she was third of seven at Epsom (1m4f), beaten by just ¾L. One to consider.

Form: 411313

(4)

Maria Magdalena¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Thore Hammer-Hansen⁽⁵⁾| T: A M Hales| OR: 65

5/1

Dual-purpose filly who has won twice over hurdles but is still awaiting her opening victory on the Flat. She scored in a 2m novice hurdle at Worcester last time This will be her first start on the Flat since March. May be off a lenient mark here.

Form: 6-357

(6)

Gladden⁴⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Sophie Ralston⁽⁵⁾| T: L Carter| OR: 45

66/1

Remains a maiden after four runs as she has struggled so far on the track. She made her handicap debut last time at this track over 7f where she finished last of 11. Is now off a 7lb lower mark and is taking a big step up in trip. Hard to fancy.

Form: 90-60

(3)

Teemlucky³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: Josephine Gordon| T: Ian Williams| OR: 53

25/1

Has finished a long way down the field in all four of her starts to date. She made her handicap debut at Windsor (1m3½f) on her latest appearance where she came home 10th of 15. Drops down 2lb in weights. Others make more of an appeal.

Form: 6640

Non-Runners

(7)

Sweet Celebration¹⁵

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: M Botti J: Stefano Cherchi

(2)

Colony Queen⁴⁶

Weight: 9-4| Age: 3

T: S Gollings J: K Shoemark

Forecasts

Maroon Bells (4/5), Junoesque (9/4), Colony Queen (4/1), Maria Magdalena (5/1), Sweet Celebration (5/1), Teemlucky (25/1), Gladden (66/1)

MAROON BELLS was impressive last time over this C&D where she was well on top at the end of the race. She has been raised 8lb by the handicapper but it still might not be enough to stop her from following up her first win of her career. Junoesque remains off the same mark as her near miss at Epsom recently and given her form this season, she can be expected to be in contention here, while Colony Queen should be a strong challenger and finish in the frame on the same mark as her second place finish at Beverley last time out.